Duo Nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year
June 26, 2019 03:35 PM | Rifle, Women's Soccer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bianca St. Georges (women's soccer) and Ginny Thrasher (rifle) are West Virginia University's nominees for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
A native of St. Felix de Valois, Quebec, St. Georges was a 2018 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy candidate and named to the Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team and the United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team. She also earned the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honor and was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team.
Postseason, she was named the Mountaineers' Team MVP for the second consecutive year and was selected 20th overall by the Chicago Red Stars at the 2019 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft.
A two-time team captain, St. Georges was named the Google Cloud Academic All-America of the Year for Division I women's soccer and earned United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's Scholar All-America First Team accolades. She also was a member of the President's and Dean's Lists, the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. St. Georges graduated in May with a degree in exercise physiology.
In 2018, St. Georges anchored a Mountaineer defense which posted 12 shutouts and allowed just 13 opponent goals. She helped the WVU backline hold its Big 12 opponents to just five goals in the regular season. The Mountaineers denied three consecutive opponents a goal en route to the 2018 Big 12 Soccer Championship title.
A starter in 80-of-81 career matches, St. Georges finished second on the team in goals (7) and points (14), both career single-season bests. She was a perfect five-for-five from the penalty line, the best mark nationally.
WVU finished the year at 15-4-4 (7-2) and ranked No. 14 nationally. The Mountaineers qualified for their 19th consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Thrasher, a native of Springfield, Virginia, capped a brilliant four-year Mountaineer career with three All-America first team honors, bringing her career All-America count to 12. The 2019 Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Shooter of the Year and Outstanding Senior, she won the air rifle title at the 2019 GARC Championships, her third consecutive win and fifth conference title. She also finished fifth in smallbore at the 2019 NCAA Rifle Championships.
Thrasher graduated in May with a degree in biomedical engineering. A 2018 Rhodes Scholarship finalist, she was named to the 2019 WVU Order of Augusta and was tabbed a 2019 WVU Outstanding Senior. She received the 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award and was named to the Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team and the CRCA All-Academic Team. Thrasher, a 2016 Olympic Gold medalist (women's air rifle), also was a member of the President's and Dean's Lists, as well as the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.
In 2018-19, Thrasher led the Mountaineers to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Rifle Championships. WVU won its 10th consecutive GARC Championships title and sixth consecutive conference regular-season title. The Mountaineers finished the year at 13-0 (8-0 GARC) and ranked No. 2 nationally.
St. Georges and Thrasher are two of 585 nominees for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year honor.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The NCAA encourages member schools to honor their top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award.
The nominees competed in 23 different sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 262 from Division I, 131 from Division II and 192 from Division III. Multisport student-athletes account for 144 of the nominees.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees from each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in September. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual award ceremony Oct. 20 in Indianapolis.
A native of St. Felix de Valois, Quebec, St. Georges was a 2018 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy candidate and named to the Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team and the United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team. She also earned the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honor and was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team.
Postseason, she was named the Mountaineers' Team MVP for the second consecutive year and was selected 20th overall by the Chicago Red Stars at the 2019 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft.
A two-time team captain, St. Georges was named the Google Cloud Academic All-America of the Year for Division I women's soccer and earned United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's Scholar All-America First Team accolades. She also was a member of the President's and Dean's Lists, the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. St. Georges graduated in May with a degree in exercise physiology.
In 2018, St. Georges anchored a Mountaineer defense which posted 12 shutouts and allowed just 13 opponent goals. She helped the WVU backline hold its Big 12 opponents to just five goals in the regular season. The Mountaineers denied three consecutive opponents a goal en route to the 2018 Big 12 Soccer Championship title.
A starter in 80-of-81 career matches, St. Georges finished second on the team in goals (7) and points (14), both career single-season bests. She was a perfect five-for-five from the penalty line, the best mark nationally.
WVU finished the year at 15-4-4 (7-2) and ranked No. 14 nationally. The Mountaineers qualified for their 19th consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Thrasher, a native of Springfield, Virginia, capped a brilliant four-year Mountaineer career with three All-America first team honors, bringing her career All-America count to 12. The 2019 Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Shooter of the Year and Outstanding Senior, she won the air rifle title at the 2019 GARC Championships, her third consecutive win and fifth conference title. She also finished fifth in smallbore at the 2019 NCAA Rifle Championships.
Thrasher graduated in May with a degree in biomedical engineering. A 2018 Rhodes Scholarship finalist, she was named to the 2019 WVU Order of Augusta and was tabbed a 2019 WVU Outstanding Senior. She received the 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award and was named to the Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team and the CRCA All-Academic Team. Thrasher, a 2016 Olympic Gold medalist (women's air rifle), also was a member of the President's and Dean's Lists, as well as the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.
In 2018-19, Thrasher led the Mountaineers to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Rifle Championships. WVU won its 10th consecutive GARC Championships title and sixth consecutive conference regular-season title. The Mountaineers finished the year at 13-0 (8-0 GARC) and ranked No. 2 nationally.
St. Georges and Thrasher are two of 585 nominees for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year honor.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
The NCAA encourages member schools to honor their top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award.
The nominees competed in 23 different sports across all three NCAA divisions, including 262 from Division I, 131 from Division II and 192 from Division III. Multisport student-athletes account for 144 of the nominees.
Next, conferences will select up to two nominees each from the pool of school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees — 10 from each division.
The selection committee will determine the top three honorees from each division from the Top 30 and announce the nine finalists in September. From those nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then will choose the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year.
The Top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named at the annual award ceremony Oct. 20 in Indianapolis.
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